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vocab words for Unit 14

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a cheerful readiness;

brisk and eager

action

a)

applicable

b)

alacrity

c)

beset

d)

asset

e)

compassion

2.

to relieve, make more

bearable

a)

alleviate

b)

antipathy

c)

beset

d)

asset

e)

compassion

3.

the direct opposite,

a sharp contrast

a)

applicable

b)

antipathy

c)

beset

d)

antithesis

e)

compassion

4.

to fill with dismay

or horror

a)

applicable

b)

antipathy

c)

appall

d)

asset

e)

compassion

5.

warlike in manner or

temperament;

quarrelsome

a)

applicable

b)

antipathy

c)

beset

d)

asset

e)

bellicose

6.

to belittle, speak

slightingly of; to

undervalue

a)

imbibe

b)

facsimile

c)

disparage

d)

duress

e)

exuberant

7.

not in harmony;

disagreeing, at odds

a)

imbibe

b)

facsimile

c)

decorum

d)

dissonant

e)

exuberant

8.

amusingly odd

a)

imbibe

b)

facsimile

c)

decorum

d)

duress

e)

droll

9.

to sharpen, put an

edge on; to make keen

or eager

a)

imbibe

b)

Whet

c)

decorum

d)

duress

e)

exuberant

10.

an order issued by

someone in authority

a)

edict

b)

facsimile

c)

decorum

d)

duress

e)

exuberant

11.

to clarify, explain

a)

patent

b)

militate

c)

innocuous

d)

infinitesimal

e)

elucidate

12.

to praise

a)

patent

b)

militate

c)

innocuous

d)

laud

e)

implacable

13.

talkative, wordy;

fond of talking

a)

patent

b)

militate

c)

loquacious

d)

infinitesimal

e)

implacable

14.

to act in a lazy

manner; to lounge; to

recline, droop

a)

patent

b)

loll

c)

innocuous

d)

infinitesimal

e)

implacable

15.

generous in

forgiving, above

small meanness

a)

magnanimous

b)

militate

c)

innocuous

d)

infinitesimal

e)

implacable

16.

required, obligatory

a)

mandatory

b)

sedate

c)

stentorian

d)

stipulate

e)

ultimatum

17.

ordinary, not

outstanding; not

easily classified

a)

prowess

b)

nondescript

c)

stentorian

d)

stipulate

e)

ultimatum

18.

slow-moving,

sluggish; unemotional

a)

prowess

b)

sedate

c)

phlegmatic

d)

stipulate

e)

ultimatum

19.

to repeal, cancel

a)

prowess

b)

sedate

c)

stentorian

d)

rescind

e)

ultimatum

20.

lively, sprightly,

full of energy

a)

prowess

b)

sedate

c)

stentorian

d)

stipulate

e)

vivacious

21.

she took out her dagger and began to _____ its blade in even, rhythmic strokes

a)

whet

b)

vivacious

c)

rescind

d)

phlegmatic

e)

nondescript

22.

His attitude was very _____

a)

whet

b)

vivacious

c)

rescind

d)

phlegmatic

e)

nondescript

23.

I am going to _____ your rights to your tv

a)

whet

b)

vivacious

c)

rescind

d)

phlegmatic

e)

nondescript

24.

the _____ British character

a)

whet

b)

vivacious

c)

rescind

d)

phlegmatic

e)

nondescript

25.

she lived in a _____ suburban apartment block

a)

whet

b)

vivacious

c)

rescind

d)

phlegmatic

e)

nondescript